Charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD at home in Colorado

A 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD draws 28.8 kWh per 100 miles per the EPA; at Colorado's 16.65¢/kWh residential rate that's $4.8 per 100 miles charged at home, versus $16.02 for a 25.5-mpg gas car covering the same distance. That works out to 70% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Colorado — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Colorado owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD spend about $720 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,682 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At Colorado's rate, fully covering this 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD's 221-mile EPA range costs about $10.61 (63.8 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

How this compares nationally

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD in Colorado ranks 3,616 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD ranks 34 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Colorado ranks 30 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD at home

Everything above is the per-mile and per-year cost once a home charger exists — getting one installed is a separate electrical job whose price depends on your panel and wiring, not the state average used here.

Ask a licensed Colorado electrician to quote the install before this math becomes a real decision.

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. Colorado's 16.65¢/kWh rate ranks 30 of 51 states; the state rate guide lays out the full spread.